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25 CFR 162.596: What will BIA do if a lessee remains in possession after a WSR lease expires or is terminated or cancelled?

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  1. Title 25—Indians
  2. CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  3. SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER
  4. PART 162—LEASES AND PERMITS
  5. Subpart E—Wind and Solar Resource Leases

If a lessee remains in possession after the expiration, termination, or cancellation of a WSR lease, we may treat the unauthorized possession as a trespass under applicable law in consultation with the Indian landowners. Unless the Indian landowners of the applicable percentage of interests under § 162.012 have notified us in writing that they are engaged in good faith negotiations with the holdover lessee to obtain a new lease, we may take action to recover possession on behalf of the Indian landowners, and pursue any additional remedies available under applicable law, such as a forcible entry and detainer action.

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